www.cityofhastings.org/parks 3 Special Events Pumpkin Painting Community Center | 2015 W. 3rd St. Fall is in the air and Halloween is near! Join us in September as the Hastings Parks & Rec Department helps you paint your favorite design on a pumpkin. This event will be held from 7-8 pm at the Community Center at 2015 West 3rd St. Pre-registration is required for this event. All supplies will be provided. Date Fee Time Deadline 10/3 $7 7-8pm 9/29 Snow Sculpture Contest 2015 W. 3rd St. Attention snow bunnies! The Hastings Parks & Rec Department is looking for the best snow sculptures in town! To enter, please take a photo of your sculpture and mail it to the Hastings Parks & Rec Department or email it to Ryan at rmartin@cityofhastings.org. Include the name of the participant(s) who built the sculpture, address, and phone number. Prizes will be awarded to the Most Creative Sculpture and The Biggest Sculpture. The contest will run from the first snow through end of February. Winners will be announced the first week of March. Date Categories Firstsnow–3/20 MostCreativeSculpture,BiggestSculpture Candy Cane Hunt Chautauqua Park | 3rd & Laird It is rumored that Santa will be leaving candy canes around Chautauqua Park. Come join us as we search for hidden candy canes. Be sure to come at 2 pm as the hunt will start at that time. Please bring your own bag to put the candy canes in. Candy canes will be limited. Date Fee Time Age 12/9 Free 2pm 0-10 Santa’s Calling! Community Center | 2015 W. 3rd St. The City of Hastings Parks & Rec Department will be offering calls from Santa on Tuesday and Thursday in December. Forms will be available at the Parks & Rec Department or on our website at www.cityofhastings.org/parks. Dates Fee Time Deadline 12/5and12/7 Free 6–7pm 12/4–5pm Video Game Challenge Community Center | 2015 W. 3rd St. Hey kids, now is your chance to show off your gaming skills. The Parks & Rec Department will be running a Video Game Challenge tournament over Winter Break. The winner of the tournament will receive a free game of their choice! Pre-registration is required for the tournament. There is no fee to participate. The tournament is for ages 8-18 and has limited capacity so sign up now. Date Fee Time Deadline Game 1/3 Free 6:30pm 12/22 TBA